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How to write good code.
((10.)) Start Project. ((Go to 20.))
((20.)) Do things right or do them fast?
Fast ((Go to 30.))
Right ((Go to 40.))
((30.)) Code fast. ((Go to 35.))
((35.)) Does it work yet?
No ((Go to 30.))
Almost, but it's become a mass of kludges and spaghetti code. ((Go to 50.))
((40.)) Code well. ((Go to 45.))
((45.)) Are you done yet?
No. ((Go to 40.))
No, and the requirements have changed. ((Go to 50.))
((50.)) Throw it all out and start over. ((Go to 10.))
((60.)) ? ((Go to 70.))
((70.)) Good code.
{{Title text: You can either hang out in the Android Loop or the HURD loop.}}

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